alignment readings...

[blcknspo0ln]

so i went to readington auto and tire to get my car aligned. I just received a call from them and they said that my car is out of whack ... !? i just lowered her with tokico shock/springs and it shouldn't have lowered it more than 1.5".

he told me that the castor head couldn't sweep and take a reading for my front tires and they couldn't adjust anything... the only thing they got done was the rear's and he said that both rear's were off about 1 degree, which isn't too bad.

I dont feel like buying tires every 10k miles, what can I do now?

 

[blcknspo0ln]

hmmm here are the printouts: the only thing i can decipher as off is the front camber...

left front:
camber : -1.7*
toe : 0.00

right front:
camber: -1.3*
toe: 0.00

front:
cross camber : -.4*
total toe: 0.00
set back: -0.01

left rear:
camber: -0.8*
toe: 0.05

right rear:
camber: -0.7*
toe: 0.06

rear:
total toe: 0.10
thrust angle: -0.01

 

[jtmcinder]

That's darned near perfect for a street DSM. What are you bitching about?

- Jtoby

 

[blcknspo0ln]

is it!? good deal..

i was under the impression that <1* was more ideal for front negative camber

 

[jtmcinder]

Not if you like turning. Having about 1.5* front camber with .75* in the rear will help with the inherent understeer. You also have zero front toe, so the 1.5* of camber won't cause any above-average tire wear; the rear toe-in will keep the car stable, especially under hard braking. Slap some RM sways on it (if you haven't already) - or maybe just the rear bar, to loosen the car up some more - and have fun.

- Jtoby